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If you make a point to double check your work because a desire to meet deadlines can result in sometimes moving too fast; speed impacts quality, and thus the need for speed results in a need to review. • Sometimes someone is focused on their work at work, to the point of only working at work. There is nothing wrong with not being a big socializer in the office. It helps productivity for that individual. Unfortunately, this may be perceived as standoffishness. While one should enjoy congenial relationships with their coworkers, a work style focused on meeting expectations first and meeting others socially second may end up impeding communication and team effectiveness. Seek balance in both arenas, to your employer’s benefit. • A heavy use of impersonal e-mail to communicate with coworkers when one could walk down the hall for a face to face meeting is often seen as counter productive to communication. Yet using e-mail saves time and provides proof of correspondence. When dealing with staff in other time zones and work locations, shooting an email sometimes the only sure method of ensuring the message is both sent and received. Use email, but follow up with a phone call when someone does not reply to the message or if the topic is too personal to risk being read during an accidental forward or bounce back message.

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